On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 11:18 -0400, Chalonec Roger wrote: > Well I was not sure if these two nomenclature names were actually proxy > servers. Are there relative advantages and disadvantages between the > two other than anti-virus? Squid is a 'real' proxy server, where Privoxy is an 'objectionable material' blocker, and something of an anonymizer that happens to sit between you and the internet like a proxy server, but to my knowledge it does not cache content for future delivery. It blocks images of certain sizes commonly used as advertisements, and can filter urls for words and phrases. Probably stops some pop-over and pop-under ads, too. They could have added something since I last looked, but I don't think privoxy was ever designed to block viruses, so I would not count on it doing that. -- Chris Kloiber
